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by vomitcuddle
3313 days ago
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Could you help me understand your reasoning behind not pairing up with or taking advantage of existing projects like Halium or LineageOS? I'd love to run mainline Linux without any Android cruft on my old phones, but realise that this would take a lot of effort per each device. Each Android device is different, with its own kernel patches, proprietary modules and sometimes Android-specific userspace HALs. The Tegra in the Nexus 7 was designed to run non-Android Linux, there are native X11 drivers for that thing - that's not the case for devices like my current phone. |
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From the article:
> Of course I am not the only one, that came to this conclusion - especially in the last few weeks with the Halium project rising (greetings!). I am all-in for working together — sharing udev rules, merging Android kernels together, whatever makes sense!
> [...] postmarketOS does not fit the Halium model, as it avoids the Android build system entirely and does not run Android next to GNU/Linux.
> Thanks to Replicant, LineageOS, Halium. Together, we can make the vision of long-lasting, open source smartphone operating systems a reality!
So I see postmarketOS as part of the community. We have multiple projects, that want to provide a more open alternative to Android, on Android devices. This will only work out, if we work together and share, what we can.
postmarketOS differs from the other projects, that it tries to completely cut-off the Android parts. This will be harder for hardware compatibility, but then again, it does not depend on Google's upstream Android code (which does not get developed as a true community project, they only put out the source after they are done developing behind close curtains), and it uses less resources than running Android as second OS next to your regular GNU/Linux.
Regarding kernels and drivers, postmarketOS directly packages LineageOS kernels. Proprietary 3d acceleration will be avoided for now, some tests with "weston-smoke" and other demos showed, that it works fast enough without them. You won't be able to play 3d games, but that's not really in the scope of the project for now.